The Home Return of Libya’s Jews
Dec 12, 2020
Libyan Jewish David Gerbi prays inside Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli October 1, 2011. [Photo: Reuters]The 30th of November 2020, is the commemoration day of the expulsion of Arab Jews from their countries.
In 1967 Libyan Jews were stripped of their citizenship and property and expelled from Libya allowing each of them nothing more than a single suitcase and the sum of $20 to take. It was a crime against humanity in the full sense of the word, yet strangely, there had never been any Security Council resolutions in this regard.
Jews had continuously lived in Libya for over 2200 years. They are Libyans beyond any doubt. Both history and archaeology testify to that. Moreover, they had never been involved in any conflict with fellow Libyans.